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The Countries

We list 46 European countries for reference in Europe Traveler Guide. The largest being European Russia to the smallest the Holy See – Vatican City. Parts of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakstan overlap into what is considered by geographers continental Europe. We may include them in the future. Also now omitted are Kosovo, who has declared its independence, Crimea’s alliance as a part of the Russian Federation and Transnistria the breakaway state of Moldova. At this time the UN as well as most countries have not recognized their autonomous status.

European Union Member Countries

Åland
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
denmark
Faroe Islands
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Czechia
hungary
ireland
italy
latvia
lithuania
Luxembourg
malta
netherlands
poland
portugal
romania
slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden

The below European micro-state countries are not members of the EU, they include use of the Euro and other areas of cooperation

andorra
holy see
monaco
san marino

Non-European Union Countries

albania
Belarus
bosnia & herzegovina
iceland
kosovo
Liechtenstein
moldova
montenegro
north macedonia
norway
russia
serbia
switzerland
turkey
ukraine

Countries of the United Kingdom

united kingdom
England

There is no official flag for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

Territories & Dependancies of the United Kingdom

gibraltar
guernsey
isle of man
jersey

Country Statistics…

The following table shows a quick snapshot of important information all European countries, excluding those mentioned above.

CountryCapitolArea (mi2)PopulationSymbolCurrencyEUSchengenTime Zone
FRANCEParis210,02667,076,000FREUR – €19521985CET
ANDORRAAndorra la Vella17974,794ADEUR – €NoNoCET
AUSTRIAVienna32,3868,857,960AEUR – €19951995CET
BELARUSMinsk80,1559,477,100BYBYN – BrNoNoMSKS
BELGIUMBrussels11,78711,449,656BEEUR – €19521985CET
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINASarajevo19,7723,511,372BABAM – KMNoNoCET
BULGARIASofia42,8587,000,039BGBNG – лв2007NoEET
CROATIAZagreb21,8314,105,493HRHRK – kn2013NoCET
CYPRUSNicosia2,276864,200CYEUR – €2004NoEET
DENMARKCopenhagen16,6405,837,213DKDKK – kr19731996CET
ESTONIATallinn17,5051,328,976EEEUR – €20042004EET
FINLANDHelsinki130,6665,522,015FIEUR – €19951996EET
GERMANYBerlin137,90383,122,889DEEUR – €19521985CET
GREECEAthens50,94910,768,193GREUR – €19811992CET
HUNGARYBudapest35,9199,771,000HUHUF – Ft20042004CET
ICELANDReykjavik39,682342,773ISISK – krNo1996GMT
ITALYRome116,33660,390,560ITEUR – €19521990CET
LATVIARiga24,9281,921,300LVEUR – €20042004EET
LIECHTENSTEINVaduz6238,194LICFH- CHFNo2008CET
LITHUANIAVilnius25,2122,794,090LTEUR – €20042004EET
LUXEMBOURGLuxembourg City998626,108LUEUR – €19521985CET
NORTH MACEDONIASkopje9,9282,075,301MKEUR – €NoNoCET
MALTAValletta122514,564MTEUR – €20042004CET
MOLDOVAChișinău13,0672,681,735MDMDL – LNoNoEET
MONACOMonte Carlo.7839,419MCEUR – €NoNoCET
MONTENEGROPodgorica5,333622,359MEEUR – €NoNoCET
NORWAYOslo125,0135,323,933NONOK – krNo1996CET
POLANDWarsaw120,72838,433,600PLPLN – Zł20042004CET
PORTUGALLisbon35,55610,276,617PTEUR – €19861992GMT
ROMANIABucharest92,04319,523,621RORON – lei2007NoEET
RUSSIAMoscow3,992,500108,949,694RURUB – ₽NoNo*(1)
SAN MARINOSan Marino2433,407SMEUR – €NoNoCET
SERBIABelgrade29,9136,963,764RSRSD – ДинNoNoCET
SLOVAKIABratislava18,9335,445,087SKEUR – €20042004CET
SLOVENIALjubljana7,8272,070,050SIEUR – €20042004CET
SPAINMadrid195,36447,733,038ESEUR – €19861992CET
SWEDENStockholm173,86010,319,601SESEK + kr 19951996CET
SWITZERLANDBern15,9408,526,932CHCFH- CHFNo2004CET
CZECHIAPrague30,45110,627,794CZCZK- Kč20042004CET
NETHERLANDSAmsterdam16,03317,417,600NLEUR – €19521985CET
UNITED KINGDOMLondon93,78866,796,807GBGBP – £NoNoGMT
TURKEYAnkara302,53583,154,997TRTL – ₺NoNoEET
UKRAINEKyiv232,82041,660,982USгрн – ₴NoNoEET
ALBANIATirana11,0822,878,549ALALL- LekNoNoCET
GUERNSEYSt. Peter Port2562,792GGGBP – £NoNoEET
GIBRALTARWestside2.634,003GIGIP – £NoNoCET
ISLE of MANDouglas22184,069IMGBP – £NoNoEET
JERSEYSt. Heller46.2103,267JEGBP – £NoNoEET
HOLY SEEVatican City.17799VAEUR – €NoNoCET
KOSOVOPristina4,2031,806,279XKEUR – €NoNoCET
*(1) There are nine time zones across Russia. The western most zone MSK (known is Russia as Moscow Standard Time) is UTC+3. It does not change to Daylight Savings Time. This is the time zone for Moscow & St. Petersburg.

Country Prosperity Index…

The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, an independent educational charity founded and part-funded by the private investment firm Legatum.
As of the 2021 rankings, 167 countries and territories were ranked, and Denmark topped the list at number 1 with a 83.86 score, followed by Norway in second and Sweden third. The United States ranked 20th and the South Sudan was in last place at 167th.

Top 50 Countries

The list below shows all countries and their overall ranking in the world. The micro-state countries below were not ranked in the report.  Andorra, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Monaco. The Countries of Albania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine did not rank in the top 50.

1 Denmark

2 Norway

3 Sweden

4 Finland

5 Switzerland

6 Netherlands

7 Luxembourg

8 New Zealand

9 Germany

10 Iceland

11 Austria

12 Ireland

13 United Kingdom

14 Singapore

15 Canada

16 Australia

17 Estonia

18 Hong Kong

19 Japan

20 United States

21 Taiwan

22 France

23 Belgium

24 Spain

25 Malta

26 Slovenia

27 Czechia

28 Portugal

29 South Korea

30 Latvia

31 Italy

32 Israel

33 Lithuania

34 Cyprus

35 Slovakia

36 Poland

37 Uruguay

38 Chile

39 Costa Rica

40 Croatia

41 United Arab Emirates

42 Malaysia

43 Greece

44 Hungary

45 Mauritius

46 Qatar

47 Romania

48 Bulgaria

49 Montenegro

50 Seychelles

The ranking is based on a variety of factors broken down into categories of prosperity pillars including. The top ranked country is shown for each category.

  • Safety & Security Norway
  • Personal Freedom Norway
  • Governance Finland
  • Social Capital Denmark
  • Living Conditions Netherlands
  • Health Japan
  • Education Singapore
  • Natural Environment Sweden
  • Investment Environment Singapore
  • Enterprise Conditions Hong Kong
  • Infrastructure & Market Access Singapore
  • Economic Quality Switzerland

Only European countries are listed in the categories of prosperity pillars. If you wish to view all country rankings by pillar profiles go to Legatum Institute Prosperity Index 2021 for the complete report.